Splendour of Decline - 1

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Why Photograph Fading Flowers?
When flowers have finished displaying their proud and youthful beauty they begin showing new sides of their character and personality.
We say they fade - but in their changing shapes and colours we witness a new splendour. The splendour of decline.
How this beauty unfolds in time is an ongoing project for me – a work in progress.
Close studies of ageing flowers reveal fascinating details and a beautiful ingenuity. To go beyond the obvious but skin-deep beauty - and the degradation and its accidental character - continue to fascinate and challenge.
The portrayal of everything’s perishableness is also part of the old tradition of nature morte (still life). With all its symbolism and references nature morte is like a world apart. A world I continue to explore.